Vineyards, distilleries & markets worth the trip

A long-standing Sheffield brewery on the south side of the city, with its own beer house taproom alongside the brewery.

North Wales's first whisky distillery in over a century, by a river, with tours several times a day including a tasting, a bistro terrace and a shop. The tour route is wheelchair accessible and children over six can join with an adult.

A Suffolk brewery and distillery on the coast at Southwold, brewing in the town since 1872 and running tours of both the brewhouse and the still house.

An organic and biodynamic vineyard in the Surrey Hills, first planted in 2009, with guided and self-guided tours and a tasting room serving wine and food boards.

Apples have grown at the Abbey for over two hundred years. The orchard is open to visitors all year and free to walk, and the cider is fermented and matured for eight months in the Abbey's own mill.

At the Town Hall on Maltravers Street, bringing together growers, bakers, meat and poultry producers and flower growers selling direct.

A Suffolk cyder and vinegar house founded by Clement Chevallier in 1728 and still based at Aspall Hall, with a shop on site.

A Wealden estate of vineyards, apple orchards and ancient woodland near Staplehurst, making both wine and cider, with walks, tastings and seasonal dining.

Held under the Victorian train shed at Green Park Station, with local food and drink producers all under one roof.

A working distillery with original Victorian pot stills and a botanical room. The self-guided tour lets you smell and handle the botanicals before tasting the gin; there is a longer guided version too.

Kent's oldest commercial vineyard, which also presses cider. There is a shop, self-guided and private guided tours, and seasonal tours that go behind the scenes.

A Wensleydale brewery founded by Paul Theakston in a former maltings, fermenting in traditional Yorkshire square stone vessels.